Speaker: Jim Galante , chairman, EASE Council (division of Material Handling Industry)
Galante is the director of business development for Southworth Products and the chairman of the EASE Council, a division of the material handling Industry. He has more than 50 years of experience in the material handling industry, and has worked with and visited hundreds of facilities to conduct material handling task evaluations including PPG, ConAgra, and PepsiCo just to name a few. He was the principle editor of the Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling. This internationally recognized publication defines the problems and presents the solutions to solve the No. 1 cause of worker injury in the workplace. Lastly, Galante has conducted numerous seminars, tutorials, and webinars on the practical application of material handling devices for the improvements of productivity, safety, and ergonomics in industry. Including presentations at American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSE) conferences, the National Safety Council’s Annual Congress, the National Ergonomics Conference, the Applied Ergonomic Conference, ProMat, and Modex. He presented at CDC-NIOSH’s WRT Sector Conference in Washington, DC. In 2012, he hosted nationally attended Modern Materials Handling (MMH) Workshops in Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Chicago.
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